diff --git a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/plugin/Plugin.java b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/plugin/Plugin.java
index 17b35e7c..442f7bc6 100644
--- a/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/plugin/Plugin.java
+++ b/BlueMapCommon/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/plugin/Plugin.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -194,6 +195,9 @@ private void load(@Nullable ResourcePack preloadedResourcePack) throws IOExcepti
                     } catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
                         throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to resolve the ip in your webserver-config.\n" +
                                 "Check if that is correctly configured.", ex);
+                    } catch (BindException ex) {
+                        throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to bind to the configured address.\n" +
+                                "This usually happens when the configured port (" + webserverConfig.getPort() + ") is already in use by some other program.", ex);
                     } catch (IOException ex) {
                         throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to initialize the webserver.\n" +
                                 "Check your webserver-config if everything is configured correctly.\n" +
diff --git a/implementations/cli/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/cli/BlueMapCLI.java b/implementations/cli/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/cli/BlueMapCLI.java
index 8ff7292f..55dc7909 100644
--- a/implementations/cli/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/cli/BlueMapCLI.java
+++ b/implementations/cli/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/cli/BlueMapCLI.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.BindException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -204,12 +206,24 @@ public void startWebserver(BlueMapService blueMap, boolean verbose) throws IOExc
         HttpRequestHandler handler = new BlueMapResponseModifier(routingRequestHandler);
         if (verbose) handler = new LoggingRequestHandler(handler);
 
-        HttpServer webServer = new HttpServer(handler);
-        webServer.bind(new InetSocketAddress(
-                config.resolveIp(),
-                config.getPort()
-        ));
-        webServer.start();
+        try {
+            HttpServer webServer = new HttpServer(handler);
+            webServer.bind(new InetSocketAddress(
+                    config.resolveIp(),
+                    config.getPort()
+            ));
+            webServer.start();
+        } catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
+            throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to resolve the ip in your webserver-config.\n" +
+                    "Check if that is correctly configured.", ex);
+        } catch (BindException ex) {
+            throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to bind to the configured address.\n" +
+                    "This usually happens when the configured port (" + config.getPort() + ") is already in use by some other program.", ex);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            throw new ConfigurationException("BlueMap failed to initialize the webserver.\n" +
+                    "Check your webserver-config if everything is configured correctly.\n" +
+                    "(Make sure you DON'T use the same port for bluemap that you also use for your minecraft server)", ex);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override